acknowledgments
I would liketo acknowledge the help of Pat
Cousineau and Lynne Vande Bunte, who did most of
the typing, and of Judith Anderson, Marilyn Hayes,
Trime Lhamo, Lynne Vande Bunte, and Helen
Tashima, who did the transcribing. Also thanks to
Pam Gaines, who not only typed but also found peo-
ple to help, and especially to Migme Chödrön, who
did the first edit of the original manuscript and was a
constant support to me during all the steps of prepar-
ing this book. Last but certainly not least, I want
to thank Emily Hilburn Sell of Shambhala Publica-
tions. I feel extremely fortunate that she once again
agreed to transform the talks into their final form.
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